GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Georgia Southern men's tennis team fell 2-4 to East Carolina on the road Sunday to a tough Pirates squad.
 
The Eagles (8-8) dropped the doubles point early, losing at the one and three spots. Georgia Southern surrendered another point from the one spot but tied it up 2-2 after winning singles points from the three and two spots. The Pirates (9-2) went on to claim two more singles wins from the six and four positions to clinch the win.
 
In the loss, Murphy McCullough and Pascal Wagemaker were able to pick up individual wins.
 
What head coach Sander Koning said:
"It was a tough battle, but we came up short by a few points. The guys showed a good fight, and we were close to turning it around. We need to be a little tougher in critical moments."
 
Singles
1. Diogo Marques (ECU) def. Finkelstein, Diego (GS) 6-1, 6-3
2. McCullough, Murphy (GS) def. Javier Renones (ECU) 7-6 (9-7), 6-3
3. Wagemaker, Pascal (GS) def. Simon Labbe (ECU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Agustin Tamagnone (ECU) def. Roumpis, Alexandros (GS) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
5. Wisse Jonker (ECU) vs. Dun, Valentin (GS) 5-7, 6-4, 2-1, unfinished
6. Federico Masetti (ECU) def. Morales, Jonathan (GS) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4)
Doubles
1. Agustin Tamagnone/Simon Labbe (ECU) def. McCullough, Murphy/Suarez, Santiago (GS) 6-1
2. Javier Renones/Wisse Jonker (ECU) vs. Wagemaker, Pascal/Morales, Jonathan (GS) 4-3, unfinished
3. Federico Masetti/Diogo Marques (ECU) def. Roumpis, Alexandros/Finkelstein, Diego (GS) 6-3
 
Next Up:
The team will look to return to its winning ways at home against South Florida Feb. 29 and UNC-Wilmington March 1.